400 a
Richard Gordon, Pete Conrad, or Alan Bean

Crescent Earth seen during translunar coast

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, 060:40:00 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS12-50-7387” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

400 b
Richard Gordon, Pete Conrad, or Alan Bean

Slender crescent Moon seen during translunar coast

Apollo 12, November 14-24, 1969, 063:32:21 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS12-50-7389” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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400 a
The photograph was taken as the spacecraft was about 173,000 miles from Earth.

060:40:00 Public Affairs Officer (Mission Control): This is Apollo Control, Houston, at 60 hours, 40 minutes now in the flight. At the present time we show Apollo 12 at an altitude of 173,196 nautical miles. Velocity now reads 2,512 feet per second. Still very quiet in the Control Center and at 60 hours, 40 minutes, this is Apollo Control, Houston.

400 b
This photograph was taken with the 250mm telephoto lens while the crew was sending a TV transmission to Earth, about 173 000 nautical miles away from home.

From the mission transcript during the TV transmission:

063:32:21 Carr (Mission Control): Roger. We can see the Moon out there.
063:32:26 Conrad: How does it look?
063:32:28 Carr: Very, very slender segment. And it’s a real good picture of it.